Harvard Magazine features the Schlesinger Library's new exhibit, organized to mark the 150th anniversary of the war, that showcases how personal documents like portraits, letters, diaries, and family account books serve as revealing sources for life during the Civil War, both in battle and on the home front.

The Harvard Crimson writes, "Dean of the Radcliffe Institute Lizabeth Cohen, University President Drew G. Faust, and Kathy A. Jacob, the curator of manuscripts at the Schlesinger Library, addressed more than 100 attendees at the grand opening of the exhibit, "What They Wrote, What They Saved."

President Drew Faust and Lizabeth Cohen, dean of the Radcliffe Institute, are celebrating a $12.5 million fund to enhance the creative arts at Harvard, it was announced today. As part of the fund, Maryellie Kulukundis Johnson ’57 and Rupert H. Johnson Jr. contributed a $10 million gift on behalf of their family.